World Jewry Committee
WorldJewry@harshalom.org Contact Us: 301-299-7087, Ext. 311
The World Jewry Committee offers the congregation a variety of learning experiences, opportunities for advocacy, and other activities to affirm the solidarity of the Jewish people within our Greater Washington Jewish community and worldwide, with a particular focus on the people and State of Israel. As part of our efforts, the committee presents a variety of congregational and community educational meetings, discussion groups, and artistic and cultural programs. We offer congregation members opportunities to see the diversity that is worldwide Jewry and encourage active participation, as individuals and as a congregation, in efforts that strengthen links between Jews the world over. We also work to fight against all efforts that seek, in any way, to discriminate against full and active participation by the State of Israel in international activities.
In the News:
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Read the letter written by AJIRI's Chairman, Ambassador Richard Schifter, published early July in the Washington Post.
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Public Policy & Social Action Committee,
Report on Recent Accomplishments and Activities, Prepared for USCJ Board of Directors, June 2010, see the report here. -
A UCLA student (and a graduate of L.A. Hebrew High) made the following video .... worth watching!
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If Israel goes down, we all go down. The former Prime Minister of Spain cuts to the chase in this opinion piece. Click here to read how he sees the situation and what he's done to help.
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At United Synagogue's General Assembly a resolution passed related to the Presbyterian Church's Middle East Study Committee Report. It can be found here.
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Read the JCPA Backgrounder, just click here.
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How do Israelis, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet see Israel today?
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Click here for a letter to German Chancellor Merkel from American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris describes the history, progress and difficulties of dealing with the birthplace of the Holocaust
Report on Anti-Semitism in Argentina
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has just made available a recent report on Anti-Semitism in Argentina, prepared by the Argentine Jewish Associations Delegation (DAIA) and its Center for Social Studies (CES). DAIA is the representative organization for Argentina’s Jewish Community. It has local offices in each of the Argentinean Provinces where there is a Jewish community. DAIA’s objectives are to defend the dignity of Argentinean Judaism, fighting against any act inspired by Anti-Semitism and Nazi ideas; struggle against anti-Semitism, ethnic, social or religious discrimination and xenophobia. It also fights against the permanent threat of terrorism.A summary of the report as well as the complete document (in English) can be found on the ADL website
The Mercaz USA September (Sukkot) Web Newsletter offers an interesting feature story, “The View from Jerusalem," with 10 concrete actions we can take to strengthen our ties with Israel and Jerusalem. Click here for details.
The View From Jerusalem -- The Mercaz USA September (Sukkot) Web Newsletter offers an interesting feature story, “The View from Jerusalem," with 10 concrete actions we can take to strengthen our ties with Israel and Jerusalem. Click here.
